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Robert “Bob” D. Neff, 66, died Friday morning, Jan. 11, 2019, at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay. He was born Nov. 6, 1952, in Bluffton, Ohio, to Richard and Beulah (Burkholder) Neff who preceded him in death.

Valarie Jane Campbell, 62, died Jan. 10, 2019, at her residence. Valarie was born July 2, 1956, in Bluffton to the late Raymond and Marcene (Ransbottom) Spangler. On Sept. 19, 1987, she married David Campbell who survives.

Valarie graduated from Bluffton High School and Bowling Green State University. She had also received her massage license. Valarie had worked at Philips Corporation in Ottawa and Matrix Essentials in Solon, Ohio.

A memorial service for Luther Shetler who died Dec. 15, 2018, will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 19, at First Mennonite Church in Bluffton.

Memorial contributions may be made to Bluffton University, Camp Friedenswald, First Mennonite Church or Goshen College. Arrangements have been entrusted with Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services in Bluffton.

Had sabbaticals in Taiwan, India, Korea; participated in archaeological dig in Israel

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 8, 2019 - 4:16pm

Burton G. Yost, 90, died Jan. 7, 2019, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Burton was born March 5, 1928, in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, to William F. Yost and Alice (Gross) Yost. On Aug. 21, 1949, Burton married Elnore Rosenberger in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, and she survives.

Burton graduated from Lansdale High School in 1945. He received his BA from Bluffton College in 1949, his Master of Divinity from Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Chicago in 1953 and his MA and PhD from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.